Originally Posted by
saddlesores
i would recommend changing all three rings.
common ring sizes for touring would be 22/32/44.
lower the fd, shorten the chain.
your knees will thank you.
? 22/36 jump on the front may not work with your fd ?
It's very often cheaper to just buy a new crankset, chainrings can be expensive. Deore MTN cranks are about 100 bucks Canadian online.
Re the fd I strongly suspect it will be ok, given my experiences, although it really well depend on the fd, probably a sora Rd, probably a clone of my tiagra 9 speed triple stuff.
The one thing is that 22t granny can be found at a reasonable price, but a MTB crank triple is great to tour on....